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Built in 1905, the 14-story Tennessee Trust Building was among downtown Memphis' first "skyscrapers." The building's architects, the firm of Charles 0. Pfeil (1871–1952) and George M. Shaw (1870–1919) were noted at the time for designing buildings with ornate, classical styling and massing.
North Memphis Driving Park (horse racing track), later site of early Belz Enterprises projects The company was founded in North Memphis in 1940 [ 1 ] by Philip Belz (1904-2000). [ 2 ] The firm's earliest projects included small retail and residential spaces and soon expanded to industrial development, starting with a roofing materials factory ...
Downtown Memphis includes 4.5 million square feet (418,000 square meters) of office space, [4] around 1 million square feet (93,000 square meters) of retail space, 3,456 hotel rooms, and 13,400 housing units. [5] The administrative core of Memphis and of Shelby County, Tennessee is also located in Downtown Memphis.
The Bluff City's largest hotel property recently went on the market. The 600-room Sheraton Downtown Memphis at 250 N. Main St. was listed for sale about three weeks ago, according to Wayne Tabor ...
The hotel was sold to the Alsonett Hotel Group in 1953. [3] Deeply in debt by the early 1960s, it went bankrupt in 1965 and was sold in a foreclosure auction to Sheraton Hotels, becoming the Sheraton-Peabody Hotel. [5] As downtown Memphis decayed in the early 1970s, the hotel suffered financially, and the Sheraton-Peabody closed in December 1973.
Located off Interstate 240 in East Memphis. the 27-story hotel was designed by Hawaiian-born Memphis architect Francis Mah [2] and was built by Boyle Investment. [1] Originally opened on September 15, 1975 [5] as the Hyatt Regency Memphis, the hotel became the Omni Memphis Hotel in December 1989. [1]
Tallest hotel in Memphis. 8 Memphis Pyramid: 321/98 5 1991 7th-tallest pyramid and largest Bass Pro Shops in the world. Home to retail, restaurants, an observation deck, a hotel, a bowling alley, and the largest free-standing elevator in America. 9 The Renaissance Apartments: 296/90 25 1968 Tallest residential building in Memphis. 10 Lincoln ...
When Memphis’ Hard Rock Café closed its doors on July 30, it ended a 26-year era for the music-themed bar and restaurant on Beale Street. Rufus Thomas' platform boots, a Furry Lewis guitar ...